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Technician John Davis uses a GPS unit to record the exact position of a fire ant mound. Mound position data are overlaid onto aerial digital images of the study site to determine mound visibility. Knowing the exact location of a mound also allows researchers to place parasitized ants back into their original colonies.

Photo by Scott Bauer.

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